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staidness

noun

Definition of staidnessnext
as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling the staidness of the Quaker meeting was surprising to those accustomed to more exuberant services

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  1. gravity
  2. earnestness
Noun
  • Football players frequently experience impacts that briefly subject their brains to as much as 180 times the pull of gravity (G).
    — Mike McRae September 15, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026
  • So when the foreground star passes almost exactly in front of the more distant one, its gravity bends some of the background star’s light toward you.
    — Thomas Fauchez, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of gravity
Noun
  • She is considered the Canadian equivalent to the Down Under disco queen Kylie Minogue by some, and recalls a young Taylor Swift for her unabashed earnestness.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But the razzle-dazzle pairs oddly with his earnestness, as do the video projections with antique furnishings.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of earnestness
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